Alyssa Shell Tilhou, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine
Biography
Dr. Tilhou is a family physician, addiction specialist and health services researcher in the Department of Family Medicine at Boston Medical Center. She is also the Assistant Research Director in the Department of Family Medicine. Her research focuses on access and utilization of primary care and substance use services in low-income populations. Dr. Tilhou completed her medical education and doctorate in Population Health Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch, residency in family medicine at the Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, NC, and a fellowship in Addiction Medicine at the University of Wisconsin. She is supported by a K08 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Other recent funding includes a BU CTSI pilot award to study disparities in buprenorphine quality indicators among BMC patients and a contract with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services through which she is evaluating disparities in telehealth uptake among WI Medicaid patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Websites
Education
- Harvard University, AB
- University of Texas Medical Branch, MD/PhD
Publications
- Published on 10/8/2023
Alyssa S Tilhou, Jen Zaborek, Amelia Baltes, Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, Julia Malicki Randall Brown. Association of Fentanyl Test Strip Use, Perceived Overdose Risk, and Naloxone Possession among People Who Use Drugs. Substance Use & Misuse. 2023; (1-4).
- Published on 8/28/2023
Tilhou AS, Saloner B, DeLeire T, Chakraborty S, Dague L. Health and health care access for essential, non-essential and non-workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Occup Environ Med. 2023 Aug 28. PMID: 37641177.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/28/2023
Tilhou AS, Zaborek J, Baltes A, Salisbury-Afshar E, Malicki J, Brown R. Differences in drug use behaviors that impact overdose risk among individuals who do and do not use fentanyl test strips for drug checking. Harm Reduct J. 2023 Mar 28; 20(1):41. PMID: 36978170.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/28/2023
Tilhou AS, Zaborek J, Baltes A, Salisbury-Afshar E, Malicki J, Brown R. Differences in drug use behaviors that impact overdose risk among individuals who do and do not use fentanyl test strips for drug checking. Harm Reduct J. 2023 Mar 28; 20(1):41. PMID: 36978170.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2023
Tilhou, Alyssa Shell, Eleanor Murray, Jiayi Wang, Benjamin P. Linas, Laura White, Jeffrey H. Samet, and Marc LaRochelle. Trends in buprenorphine dosage and days supplied for new treatment episodes for opioid use disorder, 2010–2019. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2023; 252.
- Published on 12/15/2022
Tilhou AS, Birstler J, Baltes A, Salisbury-Afshar E, Malicki J, Chen G, Brown R. Characteristics and context of fentanyl test strip use among syringe service clients in southern Wisconsin. Harm Reduct J. 2022 Dec 15; 19(1):142. PMID: 36522777.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/12/2022
Tilhou AS, Glass JE, Hetzel SJ, Shana OE, Borza T, Baltes A, Deyo BMF, Agarwal S, O'Rourke A, Brown RT. Association between spine injury and opioid misuse in a prospective cohort of Level I trauma patients. OTA Int. 2022 Sep; 5(3). PMID: 36275837.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/11/2022
Tilhou AS, Dague L, Saloner B, Beemon D, Burns M. Trends in Engagement With Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Among Medicaid Beneficiaries During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 Mar; 3(3):e220093. PMID: 35977284.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/4/2022
Dague L, Badaracco N, DeLeire T, Sydnor J, Tilhou AS, Friedsam D. Trends in Medicaid Enrollment and Disenrollment During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Wisconsin. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 Feb; 3(2):e214752. PMID: 35977274.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/21/2022
Brown RT, Deyo B, Nicholas C, Baltes A, Hetzel S, Tilhou A, Quanbeck A, Glass J, O'Rourke A, Agarwal S. Screening in Trauma for Opioid Misuse Prevention (STOMP): Results from a prospective cohort of victims of traumatic injury. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 03 01; 232:109286. PMID: 35101814.
Read at: PubMed
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